Sanders in the democratic debate. Egypt announces 3 days of National Mourning us Hosni Mubarak who ruled the country for 3 decades dies. Police in new delhi are accused of aiding attackers targeting muslims protesting against a controversial citizenship law. Now the World Health Organization is warning the coronavirus epidemic is escalating rapidly and action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic chinese authorities working in the epicenter of the outbreak of just released new figures the rate of new infections still remains in the climb and cured patients began returning home. This is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that weve got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean its actually what china demonstrates is where this goes is within the control of our decisions to apply this kind of rigor and approach to this disease now within the past hour south koreas Health Ministry has announced 169. 00 more infections most of them are in and around daegu that brings the total number of people with field this to 1146. 00 European Health ministers have held emergency talks in italy where the virus is spread to south from quarter dollar to tuscany unsisterly there are also confirmed cases in croatia austria france switzerland and germany with links to the italian outbreak the number of cases continue to rise in iran as does concern over the governments handling of the epidemic after the Deputy Health minister hes the man who is leading the fight against the illness seen here on the left confirms hes been diagnosed with the virus americans have also been told to brace themselves for Health Officials are calling the inevitable spread of the virus throughout the United States from abroad joins us now live from solve the number of cases crosses a 1000 how much concern is that causing there rob. Well it is considered another big rise and of course the government here has identified the next few days as crucial in the fight against this outbreak they say that this week or is really a point of inflection that if they cant control the outbreak this week and really see a reduction in these new cases being reported then there is a real danger that this spreads across the across the nation weve also. Now had reported the 12 deaths one of those is the 1st a non Korean National hes a man from mongolia who came to seoul for surgery a number of visitors come here for elective surgery he was in hospital the contract to the disease and subsequently died weve also had the 1st case of a u. S. Serviceman becoming infected on a base down near the city of daegu obviously there are very large concerns here amongst the u. S. And south korean militaries about this infection having an outbreak on a base and traveling very rapidly through the barracks so there are various quarantine measures already in place and it is in day go away where we have seen the most number of new infections thats where the Prime Minister is at the moment leading the efforts to try to contain this outbreak in the southeast of the country what extra measures then of a thinking to bring in if those measures you mentioned in the southeast are not stopping the spread of the virus are. Well the one of the things that they have been looking at in the southeast in daegu with the Prime Minister holding an emergency meeting with the Health Officials down there is really getting up the numbers of people on the front line if they have already had a number of medical personnel volunteering to work in hospitals in Testing Centers but they frankly need more the people who are working have been working around the clock so that is a priority there also at a National Level been looking at ways of increasing the supply of things like face masks which are running low in supply also the focus of attention is still very much on this church the. Church which is regarded by many mainstream churches here is something of a sect and quite secretive the church has been identified as a source of more than half of the cases being were recorded focuses on trying to identify members of this Church Getting them tested to see if there are people here suspect many more cases of this disease waiting to be discovered the church says its cooperating with the or sora tes but we do know that in one province officials have raided an office of this church to grab files on thousands of Church Members to identify who they are where they are and follow up with them to see if they are sick or a rob. Thanks for that. Fears of a coronavirus pandemic pushed Global Stock Markets down for a 2nd straight day japans nikkei index was worst hit sliding more than one percent over growing concerns the epidemic could cancel the Tokyo Olympics earlier u. S. Markets fell sharply wall streets 3 major indices tumbling 3 percent as we mentioned earlier the virus has spread to several regions across italy with 11 deaths and more than 300. 00 confirmed cases so now most of them are concentrated in a cluster of communities in the north which are under quarantine. Reports now from just outside the socalled red zone in the body. For a while it seemed like the ambulances were the only vehicles passing through on their way to lumber these red zone and all the areas towns under quarantine. Just a few kilometers from the center of italys coronavirus outbreak the security personnel often outnumbered the cars on the road at this checkpoint no one could get in or out without permission and. Theyve been stopping a lot of people and this makes me feel anxious because even if the center of the virus isnt right here its not that far away. Brunos friend luigi also lives in sort of esko in a part of the town that hadnt yet been locked down but will be on the National Mall and it will kill me throw me into the problem is not just a few meat is in the red zone not in the red zone the issue concerns the whole of lumby not living in the red zone is not that much of an advantage i can move but the danger is everywhere. It was just a short while later that the threat level was indeed reassessed and the boundaries and large the sense of alarm here is only growing weve seen many ambulances go in and out of the quarantine area these past few hours and in the last 30 minutes weve had to move about a kilometer down the road after authorities decided to expand the red zone in rome an emergency meeting was held to deal with the crisis as italys Health Minister and several of his european counterparts came together in an effort to find solutions. Does not change for travel conditions of italians travelling from italy and going abroad this is the 1st commitment made by countries bordering with italy they want to share the idea that blocking borders would be a mistake a disproportionate and wrong maisha. But in a round the exclusion zone residents concern themselves with other borders these newly created ones inside northern italy as streets that would usually be full sat nearly empty and a growing number of people worried about the effectiveness of their governments current containment measures. In the town of in northern italy. U. S. Democratic president ial hopefuls have held a fiery debate in South Carolina 4 days before the primary was also the final debate before super tuesday next week lets go down to gallacher is live for us from charleston in South Carolina lets start with what happened with Bernie Sanders taking the hammering. I mean he did there was no question about that we expected that to happen he is after all the front runner at the moment so he was pretty much attacked by every other candidate on the stage attacked how is how he plans to pay for his Health Care Plan his record on gun safety all sorts of things he seemed to deal with it fairly well you must have been expecting it as the front runner it indicates just how important the primary here in South Carolina is it happens on saturday just 3 days before super tuesday in which 14 states get to vote no i have to say this debate at times was pretty chaotic everybody is realizing theyre getting down to the wire now everybody wanted to talk the moderator seemed to lose control at some point people were talking over the top of each other but there were some good points made during the debate Bernie Sanders was on his back foot most of the time he did fairly well joe biden held his own pete but a judge made some good points Elizabeth Warren had a very strong debate but this is really the 1st test of the africanamerican vote in these elections because South Carolina 60 percent of democratic voters here are black voters so this was a vital last stand for some of the candidates in a vital desperate attempt to get some motivation to get some movement Going Forward and to ultimately try and stop Bernie Sanders whos doing so well at the moment what about joe biden many saw this is the the moment where he needs to turn this around are the pundits saying he did. He did it it was a decent performance i think from the former Vice President the handsome moments in which he got angry there were quite memorable moments he didnt speak as much as some of the other candidates but he is the leading candidate here in South Carolina at the moment he has historically enjoyed wide support among black voters in South Carolina but he had a commanding lead a few months ago that slowly getting eaten away by Bernie Sanders whos been snatching up young black millennial and also tom steyer whos been spending a small fortune here in South Carolina thats. The way the former Vice President joe bidens lead but he still is in front but all the pundits here all the analysts say the joe biden simply not it cannot just win South Carolina he has to win South Carolina big because saturday is the primary the following tuesday is super tuesday in which 14 states and one outlying territory all get to vote that makes up about 38 percent of all the delegates so for joe biden it is important saturday is vital that he wins his campaign hes hes running out of money if you look at what the other campaigns have but his performance was solid whether that translates to what happens in the polls on saturday during South Carolinas primary we will have to wait and see but for joe biden the former Vice President this will be a vital part of his campaign Going Forward all right thanks sandy there charleston. Still ahead on aljazeera while the chanting of protesters drown out one of latin americas biggest Music Festivals. Hello and welcome back us take a look at weather conditions across the levant middle east region a great mass of clover a frontal system is giving some significant rainfall and indeed snow for across parts of iraq through into iran in fact temperatures in iran just 5 degrees during wednesday baghdad up at 20 verses and then moving further on towards the east so clearing away during the day but the front is obviously introducing cooler air across the region so kuwait looking at highs of just 19 degrees by time we get through to thursday the pressure change will be such that were going to see quite a decent shell developing so windy down through the gulf region just picking our temperatures back here in doha to 23 degrees celsius but it should be fine on the red sea with very light winds here and a fine day in mecca with a mix from there of 32 degrees heading into central parts of africa and weve got to heavy showers as you would expect for this time here across southern parts of kenya and also into tanzania as we move on through into southern portions of africa heavy showers for more eastern parts of namibia and also for angola you head down in Society Africa weather conditions to the bit make central areas looking quite unsettled should be a fine day in cape town and it should be largely sunny in johannesburg with highs of 27. Where theyre on line like probably recovering being one of the worst rounds in Mainstream Media about both or if you join us on some tour is a different and diverse city and inclusion. Isnt always sensed. Here is a dialogue sanctions and ways in which theyre tied to iran are an act of welfare everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to condemn the teacher sit down and listen join the global conversation on out is iraq. Or come back here watching aljazeera time to recap lines the number of coronavirus cases has surged to more than 1000 in south korea most of the new infections were reported in and around the southeastern city of day the center of the outbreak the latest cases include one u. S. Soldier is the 1st American Service member to contract the virus the World Health Organization is warning the coronavirus epidemic is rapidly escalating so as action must be taken quickly to prevent it from becoming a pandemic follows the confirmation of a number of new cases in europe and the middle east. U. S. Democratic president ial hopefuls have held a fiery debate in South Carolina days ahead of the state primary joe biden is still leading in the polls there Bernie Sanders and billionaire tom styer have chipped away at his sleeve. In india the number of People Killed in rest in new delhi has risen to 17 more than 150 others have been injured in 3 days of violence over the countrys new citizenship law its seen by many as discriminatory against muslims nationalist hindu protesters in the northeast of the capital denying provoking the Muslim Community tony burke the reports from new delhi. The suburbs of jeffery bad in belgium bora in northeast delhi have become battlegrounds in the fight against indias citizens Amendment Law for the 1st successive day Security Forces fought with protesters both for and against the law. This man says he was shot in the foot by Police Shotgun pellets why when nobody knew where i was standing with my mother and sisters protesting peacefully when police and people with the mob started firing repeatedly they fired tear gas one person was shot in the chest and another one in the hand. Another wounded youth who sped away on a motorbike its incidents like these which have drawn thousands of young muslims to join the protest they are angry at the lack of control by the government and are suspicious of the police we are discussing the police from police because police supporting the dam. Was not muslims we fear fire the police also fired on them was only a muslim on muslims only not into the police not supporting the muslims. Police are being criticised for not intervening and stopping the violence against muslims often simply standing by and watching. Videos on social media seem to show police helping hindu nationalists collect rocks and other images of officers apparently beating muslims. One policeman says so you want your freedom and then beats him. Other images show mosque being vandalized a muslim property. Being damaged hindus also complain that their temples are being damaged and their property destroyed by muslims images on social media are always difficult to verify who what where or when but in this situation is adding to the belief of muslims here that these attacks are both coordinated and with the compliance of the police. On choose a thousands of armed Police Including special forces and Rapid Reaction units were on patrol in a show of strength but muslims here dont feel protected they feel threatened especially for the youth. The number of those killed and injured in clashes is rising and indias leaders seem to have no solution the state has created a situation of violence and allowed. The latest reason that i find i am. Its unfathomable to allow your own people to die like that takes a certain kind of heat i know this area has become ground 0 in this divisive fight now in its 3rd month and many fear the turmoil is going to get worse before it gets better Tony Berkeley aljazeera jaffer bad ne down. The protests were taking place says u. S. President dan trump wrapped up his 1st trip to india over 36 hour visit had plenty of pageantry little progress was made on the 2 countries trade differences trump praised the 3 1000000000. 00 military dealings signed with the Prime Minister but their leaders didnt reach or why the trade deal. Egypt is marking the death of its former leader Hosni Mubarak he died in cairo in the hospital at the age of 91 a military funeral is planned for wednesday followed by 3 days of mourning for barak ruled egypt for 3 decades before being forced out of power by the 2011 arab spring laura birdman they looks back at his life and legacy thanks maintained a grip on power in egypt for 3 decades. Until finally in 2011 the people had in the millions took to the streets hundreds of ki